Transcript MODERN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT IN

MODERN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT IN
RURAL AREAS.
A NORDIC-RUSSIA COOPERATION IN
THE BALTIC-BARENTS REGION
COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT
JOHN BRYDEN AND KAREN REFSGAARD
GROUNDED INNOVATION GROUP
NILF, NORWAY
THREE SUB-THEMES
• Development of local entrepreneurship in
rural areas of NW Russia and Nordic countries
• Creation, adaptation and correction of the
innovative strategies for the rural areas,
including training of the local administration
• Development of territorial self-government as
a tool for better management and
development of rural areas.
SUB-THEME 1. LOCAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• To establish Nordic-Russian network (academia, business and
authorities)
– WORK TOGETHER – MUTUAL LEARNING – QUALITY INFORMATION FOLLOW UP
– DOCUMENTATION – SUCCESS AND FAILURE, KEY ELEMENTS
– INPUT TO DECISIONS
• To identify priority sectors of economic cooperation in rural
municipalities
– Between SMEs, NGOs and authorities of the Nordic and the NorthWest Russian regions.
– Directions for future development based on local resources, value
added opportunities, market tendencies etc.
– Promotion of Nordic experience, best practices, and know-how in
North-West Russia.
SUB-THEME 2. INNOVATIVE
STRATEGIES
• IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE LOCAL RESOURCES
– NATURAL
– CULTURAL
– HUMAN
– SOCIAL
• CULTIVATE AND CREATE A ‘BREEDING
GROUND’ FOR INNOVATION
– HOW TO CREATE A GOOD CONTEXT AND GOOD
INSTITUTIONS FOR LOCAL INNOVATION
SUB-THEME 3: TERRITORIAL SELFGOVERNMENT
• CREATE A PLATFORM BETWEEN 15 (+) NORDIC
AND NW RUSSIA MUNICIPALITIES
• STUDY VISITS TO IDENTIFY AND LEARN ABOUT
‘BEST PRACTICES’
• JOINT EVENT FOR 50 (+)
• OTHER JOINT EVENTS TO PROMOTE IDEAS
– EG ‘LOCAL INITIATIVES FAIR’
OUR APPROACH TO GROUNDED INNOVATION
Great Idea!
By working together we can find
new and better ways of doing forestbased bioenergy that
simultaneously..
• improve energy security &
flexibility
• increase production of
environmentally-friendly energy
• develop rural economies &
communities through providing
better jobs, incomes and quality
of life
The AIM is to understand
and foster systems for
bioenergy innovation and
related support policies
that can produce such
positive social, economic
and environmental
outcomes in a range of
different contexts.
Our METHOD uses the
Grounded Innovation
Platform (GRIP) approach.
GRIP is a bottom-up process
which brings the relevant
private and public
stakeholders together to
work out what needs to be
done, how, and by whom to
produce such outcomes in
specific case study regions
or localities.
Change involves
INNOVATION.
= new or better ways of
doing things, in this case
from the growing and
harvesting of trees, to
the transport of trees to
bioenergy producers, and
on to end consumers of
the energy;
And/or changes in
policies and institutions.
INNOVATION involves
LEARNING. We can learn by
study (RT&D) or we can learn
by doing (DUI). Research has
shown that a combination of
these two approaches works
most effectively. Our work in
Grounded Innovation is also
founded on this idea –
researchers and practitioners
are mutual and equal partners
working towards common
goals.
Two cases in brief!
• Freislân, solar boats platform
• Finnish North Karelia wood-based platform
Fryslân, Netherlands
• Creation a small ‘platform’ around solar and
electric boating, battery and control systems, and
hull design
– involves ~ 30 small enterprises, local schools and
nearby universities and colleges
– every second year since 2006, has organized a 220km
six day ‘energy solar challenge’ for solar boats
• the ‘world cup for solar powered boats’
• entries from local and international sme’s, schools,
universities and individuals
• follows route of the Fryslân ‘eleven cities ice skating race’
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Key points, Fryslân
• Embedded in local skills and the canal system
• Strong common goal of sustainability
• Strong cooperation between powerful
regional authority, small enterprises, schools,
colleges
• Global vision and visibility
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North Karelia, Finland
• Size: 166 000 inhab, 21,585 km2 14 municipalities
• Renewables 63% of energy consumption
– Cf 28.5% in Finland, < 9% in the EU.
– Wood: >70% of all fuels used for heat and power generation.
– Significant SMEs & direct + indirect employment created by the
forest bio-energy & biomass cluster
• Significant Innovation in …
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forest machinery
biomass transport & logistics
wood stoves and burners
design & construction of large &small wooden buildings
wood-based bioplastics …
• Today’s focus on new wooden products, liquid fuels and
bio-chemical products
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LOOKS FAMILIAR!
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E.g. Tuliviki Corporation
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Listed family company
HQ and main production in N Karelia
350 employees
50% exports, 22 countries
World’s largest manufacturer of heat-retaining
fireplaces
• Soapstone fireplaces and Saunas etc
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Key Features: North Karelia Innovation System
• Key drivers
– Deepen forest supply chain
– Improve energy security & lower costs
– While reducing CO2 impacts
• Key partners, working together
– Local businesses along the supply chain as well as users
– 2 Universities, 2 Research Institutes
– Regional authority and Municipalities
• Having good links with Central Government and EU as well
– External linkages, Finland, EU and beyond
– Global approach at all levels from forests to marketing
• Vertical & horizontal policy integration/
coordination
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The habitable world gets drier
Where can food be grown?
With thanks to
Dr. Petter
Heyerdahl,
UMB
Kilde: The National Science Foundation
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We need more cases like Freislân and
North Karelia in the North!
Climate change has direct and indirect impacts as
population and food/biomass production will move north!
=> Need to foster sustainable development
– triple bottom line approach ’win, win, win’
– GDP growth + environment not sufficient as indicators
• Renewable energy the ‘green engine’ in the North
– but need to capture local benefits and legitimacy
• Decentralised community led energy solutions
– E.g. geothermal for district heating; wood-based bioenergy, biofuels
– Other important ‘green development’ elements are water, food,
waste, transport, designs for living., sustainable tourism
• Local approaches needed
– Local policies & local innovation platforms are vital!
Conclusion
• This is a useful project for all
– Find more good cases together
• Seeks to improve opportunities and options
for rural regions of the North
• Creates opportunities for mutual learning and
follow up
• Involves the right mix of partners from
different perspectives and positions
• We are very happy to be involved!
Ideas from the Nordics on the four+
themes
• For study visits and for May conference
– Bioenergy
– Food processing
– Sustainable tourism
– The creative economy
– Others
– Energy farm (NO) – A Bioenergy Information Center
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Courses and seminars
Guided tours to local bioenergy facilities
Consulting
Production of biofuels and bioheat
Bioenergy
Food Processing – local food
• Food processing
– Hanen ideas – Norwegian (NO): A national business
organisation for businesses within
– Stensaas, reindeer slaughter house (NO)
• Family business originally founded on reindeer trade around 1890
• Strong relationships to the reindeer owners with mutual trust to
ensure stability and security for consumers, producers and the
business
• Also other game and other activities – delivers the game to Oslo
– Thise organic dairy (DK)
– Local dairy coop
– organic producers
– Against all odds!
Hanen
– A national business organisation for businesses within
• Rural tourism, local food and inland fishing
• Around 400 members and growing
• http://www.hanen.no/de/reiserute
Sustainable tourism
• Sustainable tourism
– The Norwegian Trekking Association - hiking (NO)
– The Göta Canal Company – boating and biking (SE)
– Fishing, kajaking and canoing (SE and NO)
The Göta
kanal – for
boats and
bikes
– Runs the canal and property business
– Activities (laying up boats and shipyard work, external work,
bridge maintenance, sales and museum activity
– Forest management, land and property connected to the canal
for both historical and practical purposes
– Bike route along the canal
– Food and lodging (youth hostels),
The Norwegian Trekking
Association - DNT
• Member organisation with 240 000 members
in 57 local organsations across Norway
• Access to the areas for everybody
• Based on extensive volunteer work and
• Individual responsibility
• Cabins, trails & activities
• Children, youth, mountain sports, elderly
Study visits 3
• Creative Economy
– Events,
• festivals,
• cultural schools (Ås)
• Music economy (Hultsfred, Sweden)
• Other ideas
– Ecological sanitation – decentralised and
sustainable sanitation for rural areas (NO)
– Cooperative housing
Potential partners for May-conference
• With links between local authorities,
entrepreneurs, citizens & local resources
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Bioenergy: Erik Eid Hohle, Energy farm
Food processing: Hanen, Norway
Creative economy: Hultsfred, Sweden
Sustainable tourism:
– DNT, the Göta Kanal
• Rural sanitation:
– Petter Jenssen, NMBU
Training and thematic seminars
• Reflexivity
• Evaluation
• In addition: Platform thinking